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Rideau Hall, Friday, June 2, 2006 As many of you no doubt know, today is the anniversary of the Battle of Ridgeway (June 2, 1866). For any guests here today who might not be familiar with this event in Canadian history, it was an engagement fought near Fort Erie, Ontario, in 1866, pitting Fenian irr...

June 2, 2006 “To serve one’s country is a noble endeavour. And those who serve in our Canadian Forces demonstrate to all of us a profound belief in the values that we, as a society, hold dear—values of democratic freedom, human rights and a world free from tyranny. These courageous women and men hav...